Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

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Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused on horizontal movements. Our study addresses the knowledge gap of vertical movements by compiling the first global synthesis of vertical habitat use by elasmobranchs from data obtained by deployment of 989 biotelemetry tags on 38 elasmobranch species. Elasmobranchs displayed high intra- and interspecific variability in vertical movement patterns. Substantial vertical overlap was observed for many epipelagic elasmobranchs, indicating an increased likelihood to display spatial overlap, biologically interact, and share similar risk to anthropogenic threats that vary on a vertical gradient. We highlight the critical next steps toward incorporating vertical movement into global management and monitoring strategies for elasmobranchs, emphasizing the need to address geographic and taxonomic biases in deployments and to concurrently consider both horizontal and vertical movements.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Andrzejaczek, S Lucas, TCD Goodman, MC Hussey, NE Armstrong, AJ Carlisle, A Coffey, DM Gleiss, AC Huveneers, C Jacoby, DMP Meekan, MG Mourier, J Peel, LR Abrantes, K Afonso, AS Ajemian, MJ Anderson, BN Anderson, SD Araujo, G Armstrong, AO Bach, P Barnett, A Bennett, MB Bezerra, NA Bonfil, R Boustany, AM Bowlby, HD Branco, I Braun, CD Brooks, EJ Brown, J Burke, PJ Butcher, P Castleton, M Chapple, TK Chateau, O Clarke, M Coelho, R Cortes, E Couturier, LIE Cowley, PD Croll, DA Cuevas, JM Curtis, TH Dagorn, L Dale, JJ Daly, R Dewar, H Doherty, PD Domingo, A Dove, ADM Drew, M Dudgeon, CL Duffy, CAJ Elliott, RG Ellis, JR Erdmann, MV Farrugia, TJ Ferreira, LC Ferretti, F Filmalter, JD Finucci, B Fischer, C Fitzpatrick, R Forget, F Forsberg, K Francis, MP Franks, BR Gallagher, AJ Galvan-Magana, F García, ML Gaston, TF Gillanders, BM Gollock, MJ Green, JR Green, S Griffiths, CA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7203-0426 Hammerschlag, N Hasan, A Hawkes, LA Hazin, F Heard, M Hearn, A Hedges, KJ Henderson, SM Holdsworth, J Holland, KN Howey, LA Hueter, RE Humphries, NE Hutchinson, M Jaine, FRA Jorgensen, SJ Kanive, PE Labaja, J Lana, FO Lassauce, H Lipscombe, RS Llewellyn, F Macena, BCL Mambrasar, R McAllister, JD McCully Phillips, SR McGregor, F McMillan, MN McNaughton, LM Mendonça, SA Meyer, CG Meyers, M Mohan, JA Montgomery, JC Mucientes, G Musyl, MK Nasby-Lucas, N Natanson, LJ O’Sullivan, JB Oliveira, P Papastamtiou, YP Patterson, TA Pierce, SJ Queiroz, N Radford, CA Richardson, AJ Richardson, AJ Righton, D Rohner, CA Royer, MA Saunders, RA Schaber, M Schallert, RJ Scholl, MC Seitz, AC Semmens, JM Setyawan, E Shea, BD Shidqi, RA Shillinger, GL Shipley, ON Shivji, MS Sianipar, AB Silva, JF Sims, DW Skomal, GB Sousa, LL Southall, EJ Spaet, JLY Stehfest, KM Stevens, G Stewart, JD Sulikowski, JA Syakurachman, I Thorrold, SR Thums, M Tickler, D Tolloti, MT Townsend, KA Travassos, P Tyminski, JP Vaudo, JJ Veras, D Wantiez, L Weber, SB Wells, RJD Weng, KC Wetherbee, BM Williamson, JE Witt, MJ Wright, S Zilliacus, K Block, BA Curnick, DJ
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Dates:	Published: 19 August 2022 Published (online): 19 August 2022 Accepted: 7 July 2022
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2022 10:14
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2023 14:14
Status:	Published
Publisher:	American Association for the Advancement of Science
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1126/sciadv.abo1754
Related URLs:	Author
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191351

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